Mommy Thoughts
Trying to separate bragging from pride
“I’m famous,” Jordan bragged to a stranger earlier this week.
It’s the first time I’ve ever seen her brag about Born Just Right. I offered context to the stranger about how we have a website that helps tell stories about differences and how they can be awesome. But it all made me sad.
Read More +Why I don't share many limb difference photos other than Jordan
Photography is my one of my favorite past times. After years of working in the broadcast television industry, I picked up a solid eye for images. I love taking pictures of the family, nature, our dog, sports… You name it. But the one thing I’m trying to be more careful about is sharing photos of…
Read More +The day a photo post overwhelmed me with support
Last night I took Jordan for a walk with the dog. I told her it was because the dog needed a walk, but really, she needed one. Jordan is hard-headed. If you’ve followed her growth from a baby, you’ll know she’s been determined and hard-headed from the very start. Ask her old occupational and physical…
Read More +Joining In On Dove's "Beauty Is" Conversation
During the Sundance Film Festival, Dove released a short film about selfies. And just like its beauty campaign from last year, I feel the need to write about and participate in this new campaign. If you have eight minutes, watch how girls and their moms learned how to accept themselves for who they are with the…
Read More +Little Moments Missed
I’m away again for work this week, and I had to leave the kids before our season’s first snow. We are incredibly lucky to have neighbors who were willing to juggle our kids with theirs while Randy and I were out of town. (I was leaving and Randy was working his way home after a…
Read More +Be Fierce and Make a Difference
I always planned to be a fierce parent: Fight for my kids and give them what they need. But I never expected to follow the path I’ve taken. I wanted to be a fierce parent so my kids could grow up strong and confident and ignore the cultural expectations of what is considered “perfect.” Instead,…
Read More +5 Posts You May Have Missed
It hit me earlier this week… This website is FULL of stories and experiences. Way more than anyone can just sit and read through. I should try to go through old posts and help newer readers jump in and learn some of the lessons I’ve already learned inside the special needs and limb different world.…
Read More +Holding back because of the blog
This past week was a whirlwind of activity for the kids. We drove to Kentucky, Florida and North Carolina to spend time with family and in the middle of it all, we spent four days on the Disney property and snuck in a visit to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure. It was an intense amount of…
Read More +Who is this Big Kid?
I jumped into a new job and thanks to Superstorm Sandy, I ended up in Washington, DC an extra five days thanks to delays caused by the storm. That left me away from the family for nine days. It was a super long time to be away. Any amount of distance can leave me mystified…
Read More +One of those moments
I’m an expressive person. Just ask anyone who has spent any amount of time with me and he or she will tell you I am passionate and at times loud. A part of my expression comes from my forehead. I move it in all kinds of directions… happy or sad… or mad. So fast forward…
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